Regular multiplication rings (Q1123930)

Let R be a commutative ring with 1. An R-module M is called a multiplication module if every submodule of M has the form IM, I being an ideal of R. The ring R itself is defined to be a (regular) multiplication ring if every ideal of R (containing a regular element) is a multiplication R-module. The author presents some results which are generalizations of and not far from known results about Dedekind domains. For example, R is shown to be a regular multiplication ring if and only if \((1)\quad for\) every regular ideal I of R the ring R/I is a finite direct sum of Artinian local rings whose maximal ideal is generated by one element; or \((2)\quad every\) finitely generated torsion R-module is of finite length and a direct sum of cyclic submodules.